Ecolab expansion underway

ST. PAUL, MN — Ecolab Inc. is constructing a new building on the company''s Schuman Campus in Eagan, Minnesota, that will house a state-of-the-art training center, according to a press release.

The training center will be for the company''s Institutional business, which provides cleaning and sanitation products, programs and services to customers in the foodservice, hospitality and healthcare industries, the release stated.

According to the release, the training center will include wet laboratories and classrooms as well as a conference room and offices for training staff.

"Our new training center will help ensure that we continue to maintain the industry''s best-trained sales and service force and provide customers with outstanding technical support and service," said Mike Hickey, executive vice president and president of the Institutional division of Ecolab.